{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1943035,"song":"1952 Vincent Black Lightning","artist":"Richard Thompson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11434523-1952-vincent-black-lightning-chords-by-richard-thompson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1943035?type=chord","rating":4.76189,"votes":75,"content":"Richard Thompson\r\n\r\nCAPO 3\r\n\r\nStandard Tuning\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid Red Molly to James that's a fine motorbike,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA girl could feel special on any such like[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid James to Red Molly, well my hat's off to you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRed hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Am/B[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                                 \r\nAnd he pulled her on behind [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand down to Boxhill they did ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid James to Red Molly, here's a ring for your right hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've fought with the law since I was seventeen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I'm 21 years, I might make 22[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't mind dying, but for the love of you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Am/B[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd If fate should break my stride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll give you my Vincent to ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCome down, come down, Red Molly, called Sergeant MacRae[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor they've taken young James for armed robbery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCome down, Red Molly to his dying bedside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was running out of road, he was running out of breath[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Am/B[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut he smiled to see her cry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaid I'll give you my Vincent to ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid young James, in my opinion, there's nothing in this world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow Nortons and Indians and Greeves won't do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey don't have a soul like a Vincent 52[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe reached for her hand and he gave her the keys[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said I don't have no further use for these[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI see angels and ariels in leather and chrome[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwooping down from heaven to carry me home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Am/B[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nHe gave her one last kiss and died[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he gave her his Vincent to ride.[/tab]","plain_text":"Richard Thompson\n\nCAPO 3\n\nStandard Tuning\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["G","C","A","D","Am","Am/B"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}